I have been neglecting my blog a little over the last few weeks, ive been busy working on the website amongst other things. With the weather getting better, i had my first BBQ last weekend. After the masses of meat and bread i had crammed into my feeding/breating hole, it was cigar time. Now back [...]

Rolled in : Dominican Republic Wrapper : Connecticut Binder : Mexican Filler :  Dominican Republic Size:  5″ x 40 Like many of the cigars I end up with, they have had a rough life. I think this poor little stogie has been traveling around in the foot well of a sales rep car for the [...]

Rolled in : Cuba Wrapper : Cuban Binder : Cuban Filler : Cuban Size:  5″ x 48 For a while SLR cigars where hard to find in the UK, Hong Kong traditionally end up with the main bulk. We stock the Petit Corona but im waiting before i have one. After reading other peoples reviews [...]

Rolled in : Cuba Wrapper : Cuban Filler : Cuban Size:  5 1/8″ x 42 This cigar has had a rough time, it began by having its head crushed a little from a blunt cutter (we get through a fair few at work). I decided to buy it for myself and its been sat in [...]

I have always been a fan of Don Calos range. This number 4 has been sat in humidor for 12 months and the box had been in the shops Humidor for at least 5 years. Ive been saving my last one for “a rainy day”, so when i saw the weather forecast this morning i [...]

Its been a sunny day and I’ve been itching to smoke a cigar all day. The hardest part is choosing what to smoke on my 30 minute walk home. After opting against the Montecristo Petit Tubos covered in bloom, i went for the Casa Torano Robusto. They came  in by mistake a few months ago [...]

Now COHIBA have the reputation, they have the price tag and they have the following from aficionado’s world wide. But ive never been a big fan, there nice cigars, i would never turn one down if some one offered. When the Maduro 5 range came out i did get a little excited waiting on my [...]

Being a huge fan the Serie D no 4, I couldn’t wait to give this a try. It has been sat in my humidor for a good 6 months. Last night my old flat mate was having a small house-warming. I loaded my travel humidor with something for everyone, some mild Dominican & Honduran cigars [...]

Each year Habanos s.a. release a number of “Ediciones Limitadas” which have darker aged wrappers. In 2007 they released a number of cigars using aged dark leaf for Filler, Binder & Wrapper. Hunter & Frankau released 1000 numbered boxes containing 3 of the best of the 2007 Limited Editions each box contains  A Hoyo de [...]